Restaurant owner Dominykas Ceckauskas pose next to a mural on the wall of his establishment depicting US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin greeting each other with a kiss | Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty

Donald Trump kisses Vladimir Putin on wall of Lithuanian restaurant

The poster alludes to a famous 1979 photo, showing Soviet leader kissing his East German communist ally.

A Lithuanian barbecue restaurant has unveiled a poster of a local street artist that shows Donald Trump locking lips with Vladimir Putin.

Restaurant owner Dominykas Ceckauskas, who commissioned the art work, said Saturday that Trump and Putin both have huge egos “and they seem to get along pretty well,” calling the 2-meter poster “an ironic view of what can be expected.”

Artist Mindaugas Bonanu created the poster for a wall in the restaurant in the capital Vilnius on Friday, according to an AP report. The composition alludes to a famous 1979 photograph of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, kissing his ally and communist leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker, on the mouth – customary greeting between socialist leaders.

This “fraternal kiss” between the two Cold War-era communist leaders was immortalized in a famous piece of graffiti on the East side gallery of the Berlin wall.

Relations between Washington and Moscow have been strained for years. On the campaign trail, Trump has defended Putin and called him “a powerful leader.” Putin, too, has praised Trump as “tremendous,” saying that the billionaire is “talented without any doubt.”

Andy

tbart

There you have it folks – making america great again by kissing up to Pootie. Do you suppose The Donald has one of those posters of his friend riding a horse without a shirt?

Posted on 5/15/16 | 1:47 PM CET

frank

Why didn’t anyone make a mural of Obama making out with George Soros’ ass

Posted on 5/15/16 | 8:44 PM CET

Me

The mural might be funny if the two of these guys weren’t so seriously frightening.

Posted on 5/15/16 | 11:04 PM CET

ironworker

That’s an exuberant Russian traditional “token of appreciation”. A man kissing another man on the lips as a ” Dear “full name”, long time no see” thing 🙂 it might seem a bit too much for other cultures.